Two iPhone 6 Models with Bigger Screens Coming This Year, According to Bloomberg

Apple will have two new “rounder and thinner” iPhone models with larger screens to debut this year, according to a new Bloomberg report.

Specifically, Bloomberg is reporting that a 4.7″ iPhone and a larger 5.5″ iPhone are both entering production soon, and both devices may be provided to retailers sometime in September. This is in line with other recent rumors suggesting that Apple was working on two new iPhone models with bigger screens, though prior reports suggested the two devices may be due to ship at different times.

Additionally, the new iPhones are said to have new sensors that can “detect different levels of pressure”, according to the Bloomberg report.

I’m not sure I’d want a larger iPhone. I have to keep it in my pocket and that doesn’t seem comfortable. I see people using the Galaxy Note and that thing it WAY too huge. It’s like using an iPad mini as your phone. LOL

The assumption is that a 4.7″ iPhone will be barely larger in total size than the current 4″ iPhone, yet have a sizable increase in screen. If that is indeed true, it could be a great trade off; a noticeably bigger display without any added heft, still able to fit comfortable in a pocket (which is essential, I agree).

Very true, the smallest Motorola Razr and Nokia phones were all the rage pre-iPhone, the smaller the better was the idea then. It’s fun to remember how much tech trends change.

Perhaps with the iWatch and other wearable devices a return to smaller screens will prevail again, but I think for handheld smartphones the bigger screen is here to stay simply due to increased readability.